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History of Bingo

Bingo as we know it today is a descendant of the
Italian Lottery, created early in the 16th Century. As Lotto was developed
in Europe each player was dealt one card with a selection of numbers from
1 to 90 marked on the card, not dis-similar to the modern day Bingo card.

A token would be drawn from a cloth bag by the
caller and, as today it would be read aloud and the players would cover
the numbers that were on their own card. The first player to have completely
covered a horizontal row was the winner.

There have been many variants of Lotto, and Bingo developed for educational purposes. As is the case with games such as
Dominoes, the numbers are replaced with animals, or letters, to help children
learn through play. This type of game helps children to learn to count,
recognise images, and also read.

"Beano"

In the late 1920's an American by the name of Edwin Lowe visited a carnival.
One of the attractions had a huge amount of interest, a variation of the
original Lotto game called Beano where instead of today when a number
is called out one marks their card towards winning the game in Beano the
actual "marking" was done by the placing of a bean over the
called out number, thereby creating re-usable cards without any markings
on them.

Once a player had completed a line on their card by covering each of
the numbers with a bean - in whichever direction - a big shout of "BEANO"
was to be heard.

From "Beano" to "Bingo"

Mr Lowe decided he would try out this new game, even though he was unable
to get a game at the carnival. He purchased dried beans, a numbering stamp
and some cardboard for the cards. One of the players, a lady, became so
excited that when the winning bean was placed on her Beano card she shouted
"BINGO" instead of "BEANO" - and that is where the
name Bingo originates.

Mr Lowe brought the Bingo game to market, and there were many copies
out there too but it wasn't for a few months until he realised that for
the game to have many players, and therefore many cards, he would need
a system of cards that would help to ensure that there were not so many
winners in each game. For this help he enlisted Professor Leffler, a Mathematics
Professor, who was charged with devising a system with six thousand Bingo
cards without repeating number groups - no small feat indeed. In fact
Bingo is accredited with turning the Professor insane after devising the
six thousand card system so the next time you hear somebody mention
they are Bingo mad have a little smile to yourself about the above!

Bingo of the Sexes

Did you know that Bingo is the only gambling activity in which women
are more likely to play than men. According to recent studies 70% of players
are women and only 30% of players are men.

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